[Elecraft] Packing Peanuts

[Dauer, Edward]

Just received a K2 kit via UPS -- my third in fact -- and spent 20 comical minutes trying to empty out the styrofoam packing peanuts.

They come, apparently, fully charged.  They cling to my fingers.  They cling to my shirt.  They cling to the outer shipping box.  After I get about ten handfuls into a small trash bag the common charge results in the smaller pieces flying out again.  Back onto my fingers.  Grabbing them with one hand while holding a cold water faucet with the other didn' t help at all.

Whenever I get a kit I feel as if I have to do the electrostatic equivalent of a detox shower before I do the parts inventory.  Isn't there some good substitute for these accursed things?  Maybe like their ancestors -- real peanuts?  At least you can eat those while you're unpacking the kit . . .

Ted, KN1CBR


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